Note: The winners of each half meet in the first round of the divisional playoffs. If the same team wins each half, then the team with the best overall record will advance to the divisional round of the playoffs.

Amarillo Country Club: Libby Marks of Houston, a competitor in this week's Ladies Partnership, aced No. 12, a 135-yard par 3, with a 5-wood. It was her second career hole-in-one, and witnessed by Linda McReynolds, Sue Brewer and Carlene Lennard.

Last race: Greg Biffle ended a lengthy slump by winning the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

Last year: Despite being low on fuel, Kevin Harvick stayed on the track during the final caution with 25 laps to go and held off Jeff Gordon to win the Tropicana 400.

Fast facts: Harvick also won the inaugural race in 2001. No driver has ever won the first three races at a new venue. ... Matt Kenseth finished sixth at Daytona and increased his series lead, moving 180 points ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr., who jumped past Jeff Gordon into second. ... Johnny Sauter is expected to make his Winston Cup debut this weekend. He won the Tropicana Twister 300 Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway last year. ... The 2001 race marked the first Winston Cup event in Illinois in 45 years, and just the second ever. Fireball Roberts won at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 21, 1956.

Last race: Dale Earnhardt Jr. led all 100 laps to win the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt has won all three Busch races he has entered this year, including the Daytona race in February and in Talladega in April. He also won his last Busch start last year in Richmond, giving him four in a row.

Last year: Johnny Sauter took the lead after the final round of pit stops and survived a late red-flag to win the Tropicana Twister 300 for his first career Busch victory.

Fast facts: Jason Keller is expected to race in both the Busch and Winston Cup race this weekend. He has finished among the top-10 in both Busch races at Chicagoland Speedway. ... Brian Vickers and David Green are the only Busch drivers to post five consecutive top-10 finishes this season. ... Scott Riggs leads Green by only two points in the championship standings. The top six drivers are separated by 88 points. ... Regan Smith resigned as the driver of unsponsored Bost Motorsports on Tuesday. He competed in 16 of the first 18 races this season and was second in the rookie standings.

Next race: New England 200, July 19, Loudon, N.H.

On the net: http://www.nascar.com

Soccer

Major League Soccer

Eastern Division

W L T Pts GF GA

MetroStars 7 4 3 24 22 18

Chicago 6 3 4 22 23 17

New England 5 3 5 20 22 20

Columbus 5 5 4 19 19 18

D.C. United 3 5 6 15 17 17

Western Division

W L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 6 2 6 24 20 17

Kansas City 5 3 6 21 26 22

Los Angeles 3 6 7 16 17 18

Colorado 4 8 3 15 17 26

Dallas 2 7 4 10 14 24

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday's Games

MetroStars at New England, 3 p.m.

Dallas at Kansas City, 7 p.m.

D.C. United at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Women's United Soccer Assoc.

W L T Pts GF GA

Atlanta 6 3 4 22 26 12

Boston 6 4 4 22 22 23

Washington 6 4 3 21 26 21

San Diego 5 3 6 21 21 18

New York 6 7 2 20 26 34

Carolina 5 6 3 18 24 25

San Jose 5 8 2 17 17 20

Philadelphia 3 7 4 13 21 30

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday's Games

Washington 4, Philadelphia 2

San Diego at Atlanta, (n)

Glantz-Culver Line

For July 10

Major League Baseball

National League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

Pittsburgh -140 at Milwaukee +130

Atlanta -150 at Chicago +140

at Arizona -170 San Diego +160

Philadelphia -130 at New York +120

at Houston -160 Cincinnati +150

at St. Louis -170 Los Angeles +160

San Francisco -175 at Colorado +165

American League

Chicago -190 at Detroit +180

at Oakland -300 Tampa Bay +250

at Anaheim -155 Kansas City +145

New York -175 at Cleveland +165

at Toronto -105 Boston -105

at Texas -105 Minnesota -105

at Seattle -220 Baltimore +200

transactions

Wednesday's Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Placed RHP Ricardo Rodriguez on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 2. Traded RHP Aaron Myette to Philadelphia Phillies for OF Lyle Mouton and assigned Mouton to Buffalo of the IL. Sent LHP Nick Bierbrodt outright to Buffalo.